ch is best remembered, and
which will be read with pleasure for many years to come, is
"Captain Brand," who, as the author states on his title page, was a
"pirate of eminence in the West Indies." As a sea story pure and
simple, "Captain Brand" has never been excelled, and as a story of
piratical life, told without the usual embellishments of blood and
thunder, it has no equal.

NICK OF THE WOODS. A story of the Early Settlers of Kentucky. By
Robert Montgomery Bird. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J.
Watson Davis. Price, $1.00.

This most popular novel and thrilling story of early frontier life
in Kentucky was originally published in the year 1837. The novel,
long out of print, had in its day a phenomenal sale, for its
realistic presentation of Indian and frontier life in the early
days of settlement in the South, narrated in the tale with all the
art of a practiced writer. A very charming love romance runs
through the story. This new and tasteful edition of "Nick of the
Woods" will be certain to make many new admirers for this
enchanting story from Dr. Bird's clever and versatile pen.

GUY FAWKES. A Romance of the Gunpowder Treason. By Wm. Harrison
Ainsworth. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Price, $1.00.

The "Gunpowder Plot" was a modest attempt to blow up Parliament,
the King and his Counsellors. James of Scotland, then King of
England, was weak-minded and extravagant. He hit upon the efficient
scheme of extorting money from the people by imposing taxes on the
Catholics. In their natural resentment to this extortion, a handful
of bold spirits concluded to overthrow the government. Finally the
plotters were arrested, and the King put to torture Guy Fawkes and
the other prisoners with royal vigor. A very intense love story
runs through the entire romance.

TICONDEROGA: A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley. By
G.P.R. James. Cloth, 12mo. with four page illustrations by J. Watson
Davis. Price, $1.00.

The setting of the story is decidedly more picturesque than any
ever evolved by Cooper: The frontier of New York State, where dwelt
an English gentleman, driven from his native home by grief over the
loss of his wife, with a son and daughter. Thither, brought by the
exigencies of war, comes an English officer, who is readil